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This category includes all positions or roles that involve having authority over others, and thus all positions in hierarchies other than the "bottom" ones. See also: Category:Titles Wikimedia Commons has media related to Positions of authority .
The Local Government Act 2000 sought to strengthen public engagement with local democracy, and streamline the system of committees, introducing the models of directly elected mayors and cabinets, leaders and cabinets, as well as a third option for an elected mayor and council manager, which was only adopted by one authority and was later withdrawn.
This category is for leading governmental positions at the lowest, local level(s) of subnational authority, i.e. within a state, and usually also within an intermediate (e.g. provincial) administrative level; in complex states there may even be several intermediate levels between the state and the local authorities.
It was formed in 2004 as the Leadership Centre for Local Government (LCLG for short) on the recommendation of the Leadership Development Commission set up by the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. In 2008, it acquired charitable status and it was renamed to its current title in July 2010, at ...
The council-manager system is similar to the typical governance of a publicly traded corporation. [4] Under the form, an elected governing body, usually called a city council, board of aldermen, or similar title, is responsible for legislative functions such as establishing policy, passing local ordinances, voting appropriations, and developing an overall vision, similar to a corporate board ...
In the early years of the profession, most managers came from the ranks of the engineering professions. [17] Today, the typical and preferred background and education for the beginning municipal manager is a master's degree in Public Administration (MPA), and at least several years' experience as a department head in local government, or as an assistant city manager.
Egypt has a centralised system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the Executive. [5] The country is divided into 27 governorates (محافظة muḥāfaẓah; Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [moˈħɑfzˤɑ]; genitive case: muḥāfaẓat [moˈħɑfzˤet]; plural: محافظات muḥāfaẓāt [moħɑfˈzˤɑːt]), [6] the top tier of local ...
representative of local authorities across the whole of their region — including representing key sub-regions, upper and lower tier authorities and the political balance of leaders; composed of local authority leaders and with sufficient authority to act on behalf of all the local authorities in the region.